MULLINS CALLS FOR VOTER ROLL CLEANUP - Vote Early And Vote Often

(04/26/2002)

Two local counties have more registered voters than adult residents; Logan County not far behind.
Logan, W.Va. - With just over a day left for West Virginians seeking to vote in the May 14 primary election to register to
vote, 19th District House of Delegates candidate Jim Mullins observed that two counties in southwestern West
Virginia-Lincoln and Mingo-have more than 100% voter registration, with Logan County trailing not far behind.

“It looks like the old advice, ‘Vote early and vote often’ is still being followed in the coalfields of southwestern West Virginia,”
said Mullins, calling upon the county clerks of Lincoln, Logan, and Mingo counties and Secretary of State Joe Manchin to
purge the voter rolls of the deceased and others no longer eligible to vote.
Mullins went on to say, “We should put a permanent end to the days of dead people voting and other forms of election fraud
in West Virginia. I call upon Secretary of State Joe Manchin and the local county clerks to closely examine our voter rolls and
ensure that this year’s election can honestly be called the cleanest election ever held in West Virginia.”
Numbers from the 2000 Census and the Secretary of State show that Lincoln and Mingo counties have more persons on the
voter rolls than they do adults residing in those counties, with Logan County not far behind. Most counties in West Virginia
have 65% to 85% voter registration.

For the data used in this analysis, you can visit the following Web sites on the Internet:
http://www.wvsos.com/elections/history/registration/2000GenVR.htm
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/dp1/2kh54.pdf